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30 Pence - James II Gun Money Small Coinage
| Issuer | Ireland |
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| Year | 1690 |
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| Value | 30 Pence (1/8) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of King James II facing left, rendered in high relief with flowing long hair. The portrait is executed in a baroque style typical of late Stuart coinage. The circumferential legend reads IACOBVS • II • DEI • GRATIA, separated by pellet stops, with a beaded border encircling the entire field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Gun Money gets its name from James II's order to melt down old brass cannons, church bells, and scrap metal to strike emergency coinage after his loss of English revenue following the Glorious Revolution. The 30 pence denomination is specific to the "small coinage" reduction of mid-1690, when the original larger flans were scaled back — partly from metal shortages, partly from the logistical strain of keeping a besieged mint operational in Dublin.
James fled Ireland after the Boyne in July 1690. Most Gun Money never redeemed its face value.